CVE-2026-22467
Published: 05 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-22467 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 11.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
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Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables exploitation of web application (T1190) and delivery via spearphishing links (T1566.002) to execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in mwtemplates DeepDigital deepdigital allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects DeepDigital: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-22467 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the DeepDigital WordPress theme developed by mwtemplates under the deepdigital identifier. This issue affects DeepDigital versions from n/a through 1.0.2 inclusive, as published on 2026-03-05.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, but user interaction needed, with changed scope and low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by crafting malicious input that reflects unsanitized in web page generation, tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users (via phishing links or similar) into executing scripts in their browser context within the affected site.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/deepdigital/vulnerability/wordpress-deepdigital-theme-1-0-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the Reflected XSS in the DeepDigital WordPress theme up to version 1.0.2, providing vulnerability assessment and likely mitigation guidance for affected installations.
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